In the midday heat, Mr Bernard Teo and his team are handing out free food packs to a long queue that stretches along the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown.
It takes the trio about 15 minutes to give out all 110 lunch meals to the needy.
Since 8 April, the day after the circuit breaker began, Mr Teo, 39, has been helming efforts to provide daily lunch and dinner to the less fortunate in Chinatown.
This amounts to providing 220 food packs a day. With growing media publicity alerting more needy people to his initiative, Mr Teo plans to increase food packs to at least 260 to cater to the growing queue.
He has raised over $17,000 via social media platforms, attracting support from the community.
Mr Teo is the owner of Japanese restaurant Naga Imo in Club Street. His staff at the restaurant do the cooking and take care to prepare a different meal each time.
The cost of one pack ranges from $1.20 to $1.50 depending on the ingredients. Mindful of religious dietary requirements, Mr Teo serves only chicken with the rice and vegetables. The team intends to give food out until the circuit breaker ends on 1 June.
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Source: The Straits Times, 4 May 2020